Innovation requires learning, unlearning, integrating and building. This all seems necessary if we are to become more innovative at a time that requires us to enter into a world with new dynamics and a certain level of uncertainty.

As Internet and information technology has matured, companies have augmented their physical assets with digital assets—creating new possibilities for reaching, serving and empowering customers. These new technologies provide the next generation of platforms for additional revenues in virtually all industries.

Support the VCC and fight the BBC. For most organizations innovation is a struggle. The natural thing to do is to stay in the current state. The CEO preaches the need for innovation but people further down know that it involves risk, time, effort, cost, disruption and potential failure. In this contest innovation has some powerful friends and some dangerous enemies.

Marissa Mayer created a firestorm this week by issuing an email requiring all employees who work from home to begin daily commuting to Yahoo offices. Some folks are saying this is going to be a blow to long-term employees, hamper productivity and will harm the company. Others are saying this will improve communications and cooperation, thin out unproductive employees and help Yahoo.

What is more refreshing and inspiring than innovations waves coming from all over the world? During 2 days, the annual award ceremony from Netexplo sets the pace for international digital innovation, and it's an awesome moment.

Kicking off the TED2013 conference, Jennifer Granholm asks a very American question with worldwide implications: How do we make more jobs? Her big idea: Invest in new alternative energy sources. And her big challenge: Can it be done with or without our broken Congress?

Innovative packaging design breaks away from the standard rules and conventions to allow companies to create unique identities for their brands. Many successful brands have created iconic packaging through shape: one such example being Coca-Cola’s distinctive bottle shape.